I saw all these diesel locos as they were introduced. In those days we had more freedom and I was able to travel from my hometown on the Midland mainline to the East Coast mainline. I was 8, my mum made me a sandwich pack.
Living near London, I was able to travel there by train and visit the termini such as Euston,  Paddington and Kings Cross.
Having been bought a Locoshed Directory, I started going round sheds, Willesden and Old Oak Common were close to each other and I visited both many times.
I should note that I never got asked to leave a shed. Now OOC is now protected by gates and security.
By age 12 I was traveling to all the big cities in the UK, I visited 50 large sheds.
After steam moved north Dad got me 2 one week Freedom of Scotland tickets. Most of the Coronations and A4's were at Carlisle and northwards by this time.
My last trainspotting trip was to Woodhams scrapyard at Barry. These memories cannot be bought. The YouTube vids and the preserved lines (supplied with locos from Barry) have brought all these times back.
Now parents wouldn't allow children this freedom and railways would not allow children to go into sheds.

I cam identify so well with these ex railwaymen. Not exactly from experience but from interest and inclination. My Grandpa and his older brother Albert were both on the footplate for the old GWR. as was their father before them and then later on the Western Region. As a boy, all I ever wanted to be was an engine driver. Alas, it was not to be. By the time I was old enough, steam had gone and I couldn't have made it as an engineman anyway as I needed specs for short sight. I've never wanted any other job like that but the old love for steam is still there. So videos like this are wonderful to watch for me.

A fantastic upload and very moving to watch the contribution from the Lostock Hall driver John Fletcher. What a gentleman!

I worked all these diesel electric locomotives on the eastern region as part of my apprenticeship as a fitter in the middle late sixties, did a brief stint as a journeyman after before leaving the railway to join the merchant navy, great memories.

06:06  almost timeless scene of the admiring "small boy" talking to the fireman/driver

This is brilliant. Very comprehensive. Thank you.

@3:28 That's the interior of a Bulleid Tavern Car which was never used on Hastings line trains due to its width profile. Only Restricton 0 stock was permitted to work between Grove Junction and Battle owing to the reduced clearance in the tunnels at Wadhurst and Mountfield. Hence the 6S/6L/6B DEMUs which were built specifically for the Hastings services.
@:1:20:12 The West Country hauling the train is Wadebridge which has been preserved. Currently being overhauled at Riley's  in Lancashire and anticipated to be back in traffic on the Watercress Line later this year.

Brilliant, thank you :D

1:26:35 GREAT SCOTLAND YARD. It's LNER Gresley A4 Pacific No.4468 Mallard. Thanks Mate. Xxxx 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇷🇮🇪🇺🇸

Warships at Marlybone  WOW

CLASS 37.  simply the BEST

Whoever chose & imported / opted to implement & build the incompatible Swiss Blue Pullman units without determining the bogie/track incompatibility should have been sacked & deprived of their pension/s . I shudder to think of the cost of all that in today's money.   I remember being on a Swiss train in the early 70s -  when the train started moving & pulled out, the transition from stationary to full motion felt imperceptible due to the vastly superior track/construction standards.

I think this is fairly narrow minded description.  Firstly, during the war, the railways were paid less for transporting government goods than they had been paid during the first world war.  Secondly, both the LMS and LNER were repairing insfastructure damaged during the war.  Yet the government held back payment, which should have been given to the companies, for that same repair.  There was an intention to electrify the railway but do to lack of capital available for the said electrification, the railways had to carry on with what they had been doing i.e. steam.  There were insufficient main line diesels to consider replacing steam.  Diesels were more expensive to build than steam.  The other issue were coal wagons.  The coal wagons had been owned by the companies.  The government decided to pay the nationalised coal industry for the wagons, who promptly used to money to buy lorries.  The railways had to replace wooden bodied coal wagons with new steel wagons.  There was also an excess of ex military lories available post war.

47:32 This British Railways Stansted Class Britannia Pacific Main Line Express Steam Locomotive No.70000 Britannia Built In 1951 From British Railways Just After Nationalization In 1948 And Also After World War II Ended In May 1945. Designed By Mr Robert Riddles Or Robin Riddles. A Bit Like LNER Gresley A3 Pacific No.4472 Flying Scotsman Built In 1923 From The London And North Eastern Railway Or LNER. Designed By Sir Nigel Gresley Or Mr Nigel Gresley. A Bit Like Gordon The Big Engine From Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends The Original Series In 1984 In The Late 1980's In The 20th Century. Thanks Mate. PS Old School Times Man. XXxxx 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇭🇰🇨🇳🇫🇷🇮🇪🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇸

14:44 14:45 This LMS Diesel Locomotive No.10000 Is A Bit Like BoCo The Diesel Engine From Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends The Original Series. Thanks Mate. PS Old School Times Man. Xxxx 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

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